DFT User Guide • • About this Guide• 2 • • • ABOUT THIS GUIDE This User Guide is a reference for DFT. You can read from start to finish or jump around as you please. This guide is available in Acrobat PDF format. Copyright No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any purpose without the express written consent of Digital Film Tools. Copyright © Digital Film Tools, LLC. 2019. All Rights Reserved April 13, 2019 About Us Digital Film Tools brings together the unbeatable combination of superior software designers, motion picture visual effects veterans, video editors and photographers. Add three Emmy Awards and experience in creating visual effects for hundreds of feature films, commercials and television shows and you have a recipe for success. 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Our software doesn't cost an arm and a leg and won't break the bank. • • • • • • • • Table of Contents• 3 • • • TABLE OF CONTENTS About this Guide.............................................................................. 2 Copyright ...................................................................................... 2 About Us....................................................................................... 2 Table of Contents............................................................................. 3 Introduction...................................................................................... 22 DFT .............................................................................................. 22 DFT Features ............................................................................... 24 Filter Categories ........................................................................... 26 Installation........................................................................................ 31 Video/Film Plug-ins ...................................................................... 31 OFX Plug-ins................................................................................ 32 Uninstalling ...................................................................................... 33 Activating, Deactivating and Transferring Licenses .................... 34 Activation Options ........................................................................ 34 Deactivation Options .................................................................... 34 License Transfer........................................................................... 35 Compositing Issues......................................................................... 37 After Effects.................................................................................. 37 General Tutorials ............................................................................. 38 DFT User Interface....................................................................... 38 Tagging and Sorting Favorite Presets.......................................... 39 Comparing Images ....................................................................... 41 Creating Variations....................................................................... 44 Setups .......................................................................................... 45 Filter Tutorials.................................................................................. 47 Ambient Light ............................................................................... 47 Black and White ........................................................................... 48 Bleach Bypass.............................................................................. 49 Blur............................................................................................... 50 Borders......................................................................................... 51 Camera Shake ............................................................................. 52 • • • DFT User Guide• • • • • Table of Contents• 4 • • • Cartoon......................................................................................... 53 Center Spot .................................................................................. 54 Chroma Bands ............................................................................. 55 Chromatic Aberration ................................................................... 56 Color Correctors ........................................................................... 57 Color Gradient .............................................................................. 61 Color Infrared ............................................................................... 62 Color Paste................................................................................... 63 Color Shadow............................................................................... 64 Color Spot .................................................................................... 65 Color Suppress............................................................................. 66 Composite .................................................................................... 67 Colorize Gradient ......................................................................... 69 Cross Processing ......................................................................... 70 Day for Night ................................................................................ 71 DeFlicker ...................................................................................... 72 Defog............................................................................................ 73 DeFringe....................................................................................... 75 Depth of Field ............................................................................... 76 Detail ............................................................................................ 79 Diffusion ....................................................................................... 81 Double Fog................................................................................... 83 Drop Shadow................................................................................ 85 Dual Gradient ............................................................................... 86 Edge Composite........................................................................... 87 Enhancing .................................................................................... 88 Eye Light ...................................................................................... 90 Fan Rays ...................................................................................... 91 Film Stocks................................................................................... 92 Flashing........................................................................................ 95 Flag / Dot...................................................................................... 97 • • • DFT User Guide• • • • • Table of Contents• 5 • • • Fluorescent................................................................................... 98 Fog ............................................................................................... 99 Frost ............................................................................................. 100 Gels .............................................................................................. 102 Glow ............................................................................................. 103 Glow Darks................................................................................... 104 Glow Edges.................................................................................. 105 Grain............................................................................................. 106 Grunge ......................................................................................... 108 Harris Shutter ............................................................................... 109 Haze / Sky .................................................................................... 110 High Contrast ............................................................................... 111 Holdout Composite....................................................................... 112 Hot Spot ....................................................................................... 114 Ice Halos ...................................................................................... 115 Infrared ......................................................................................... 117 Kelvin............................................................................................ 119 Key Light ...................................................................................... 121 Lens Distortion ............................................................................